The Master of Signs by Alexander Hollmann

The Master of Signs by Alexander Hollmann

Readers of Herodotus's Histories are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. But Herodotus draws our attention to other types of signs too, beginning with human speech itself as a coded system that can manipulate and be manipulated. Objects, gifts, artifacts, markings, even the human body, are all capable of being invested with meaning in the Histories and Herodotus shows that conventionally and culturally determined actions, gestures, and ritual all need decoding. This book represents an unprecedented examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding. Through his control and involvement in this process he emerges as a veritable master of signs.

Alexander Hollmann is Assistant Professor of the Classics at the University of Washington.

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ISBN 13	9780674055889
ISBN 10	0674055888
Titel	The Master of Signs
Autor	Alexander Hollmann
Serie	Hellenic Studies Series
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-08-01
Seitenanzahl	298
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.